Talk:Dorothea of Brandenburg

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I always want ot ask this but why does it look like she is wrapped up like a mummy. I understand European women wore veils back then, but wasn't this a little too much.--Queen Elizabeth II&#39;s Little Spy (talk) 13:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I have also always wondered about that. I have never seen any other woman who covered her mouth like that, at least not in Northern Europe. I wish I could answer. I heard somewhere that it had to do with the fact that she was a widow, but I have never seen any other widow who covered her mouth. Perhaps it was simply a personal initiative, such as a wish to display extra modesty for religious reasons? I dont know, but it was surely unusual. --Aciram (talk) 15:22, 10 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've always assumed it was fashionable at the time. ?? SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:08, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Very unusual, then or at any time, that the same woman was the widow of one king and the consort of the next one. Special symbolism of that perhaps? SergeWoodzing (talk) 17:10, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Discussing it with some friends a while back, we speculated that maybe whoever painted it was engaging in some not-so-subtle political commentary/wishful thinking -- "If only someone would gag this woman so she'd stop speaking up in politics all the time!" --Zeborah (talk)
 * Thank for providing me with a good laugh! I needed that. SergeWoodzing (talk) 19:11, 12 January 2012 (UTC)